^William H. H. Terrell (1869). Indiana in the War of the Rebellion: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Indianapolis: State of Indiana, Office of the Adjutant General. pp. v. III, 189–91, and v. VI, 600–11.

^Sources vary on the exact dates of the regiment's service. References indicate the mustering in date was July 10, but the mustering out date was either July 17 or July 18, 1863. Dyer, p. 1154, says July 18. Terrell, v. I, Appendix, pp. 38–41, says July 17, but v. III, p. 190, says July 18.

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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci

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Union (American Civil War)
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The Union was opposed by 11 southern slave states that formed the Confederate States, or the Confederacy. All of the Unions states provided soldiers for the U. S. Army, the Border states played a major role as a supply base for the Union invasion of the Confederacy. The Northeast provided the resources for a mechanized war producing large quantities of munitions and supplies. The Midwest provided soldiers, food, horses, financial support, Army hospitals were set up across the Union. Most states had Republican governors who energetically supported the war effort, the Democratic Party strongly supported the war in 1861 but in 1862 was split between the War Democrats and the anti-war element led by the Copperheads. The Democrats made major gains in 1862 in state elections. They lost ground in 1863, especially in Ohio, in 1864 the Republicans campaigned under the National Union Party banner, which attracted many War Democrats and soldiers and scored a landslide victory for Lincoln and his entire ticket. The war years were quite prosperous except where serious fighting and guerrilla warfare took place along the southern border, prosperity was stimulated by heavy government spending and the creation of an entirely new national banking system. The Union states invested a great deal of money and effort in organizing psychological and social support for soldiers wives, widows, orphans, and for the soldiers themselves. Most soldiers were volunteers, although after 1862 many volunteered to escape the draft, Draft resistance was notable in some larger cities, especially New York City with its massive anti-draft riots of 1863 and in some remote districts such as the coal mining areas of Pennsylvania. In the context of the American Civil War, the Union is sometimes referred to as the North, both then and now, as opposed to the Confederacy, which was the South. The Union never recognized the legitimacy of the Confederacys secession and maintained at all times that it remained entirely a part of the United States of America, in foreign affairs the Union was the only side recognized by all other nations, none of which officially recognized the Confederate government. The term Union occurs in the first governing document of the United States, the subsequent Constitution of 1787 was issued and ratified in the name not of the states, but of We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union. Union, for the United States of America, is repeated in such clauses as the Admission to the Union clause in Article IV. Even before the war started, the preserve the Union was commonplace. Using the term Union to apply to the non-secessionist side carried a connotation of legitimacy as the continuation of the political entity. In comparison to the Confederacy, the Union had a large industrialized and urbanized area, additionally, the Union states had a manpower advantage of 5 to 2 at the start of the war. Year by year, the Confederacy shrank and lost control of increasing quantities of resources, meanwhile, the Union turned its growing potential advantage into a much stronger military force

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Infantry
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Infantry is the general branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot. As the troops who engage with the enemy in close-ranged combat, infantry units bear the largest brunt of warfare, Infantry can enter and maneuver in terrain that is inaccessible to military vehicles and employ crew-served infantry weapons that provide greater and more sustained firepower. In English, the 16th-century term Infantry describes soldiers who walk to the battlefield, and there engage, fight, the term arose in Sixteenth-Century Spain, which boasted one of the first professional standing armies seen in Europe since the days of Rome. It was common to appoint royal princes to military commands, and the men under them became known as Infanteria. in the Canadian Army, the role of the infantry is to close with, and destroy the enemy. In the U. S. Army, the closes with the enemy, by means of fire and maneuver, in order to destroy or capture him, or to repel his assault by fire, close combat. In the U. S. Marine Corps, the role of the infantry is to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy fire and maneuver. Beginning with the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century, artillery has become a dominant force on the battlefield. Since World War I, combat aircraft and armoured vehicles have become dominant. In 20th and 21st century warfare, infantry functions most effectively as part of a combined arms team including artillery, armour, Infantry relies on organized formations to be employed in battle. These have evolved over time, but remain a key element to effective infantry development and deployment, until the end of the 19th century, infantry units were for the most part employed in close formations up until contact with the enemy. This allowed commanders to control of the unit, especially while maneuvering. The development of guns and other weapons with increased firepower forced infantry units to disperse in order to make them less vulnerable to such weapons. This decentralization of command was made possible by improved communications equipment, among the various subtypes of infantry is Medium infantry. This refers to infantry which are heavily armed and armored than heavy infantry. In the early period, medium infantry were largely eliminated due to discontinued use of body armour up until the 20th century. In the United States Army, Stryker Infantry is considered Medium Infantry, since they are heavier than light infantry, Infantry doctrine is the concise expression of how infantry forces contribute to campaigns, major operations, battles, and engagements. It is a guide to action, not a set of hard, doctrine provides a very common frame of reference across the military forces, allowing the infantry to function cooperatively in what are now called combined arms operations. Doctrine helps standardise operations, facilitating readiness by establishing common ways of accomplishing infantry tasks, doctrine links theory, history, experimentation, and practice

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Regiment
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A regiment is a military unit. Their role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, in Medieval Europe, the term regiment denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted in one geographical area, by a leader who was often also the feudal lord of the soldiers. By the 17th century, a regiment was usually about a thousand personnel. In many armies, the first role has been assumed by independent battalions, battlegroups, task forces, brigades and other, similarly-sized operational units. By the beginning of the 18th century, regiments in most European continental armies had evolved into permanent units with distinctive titles and uniforms, when at full strength, an infantry regiment normally comprised two field battalions of about 800 men each or 8–10 companies. In some armies, an independent regiment with fewer companies was labelled a demi-regiment, a cavalry regiment numbered 600 to 900 troopers, making up a single entity. With the widespread adoption of conscription in European armies during the nineteenth century, the regimental system underwent modification. Prior to World War I, a regiment in the French, German, Russian. As far as possible, the battalions would be garrisoned in the same military district, so that the regiment could be mobilized. A cavalry regiment by contrast made up an entity of up to 1,000 troopers. Usually, the regiment is responsible for recruiting and administering all of a military career. Depending upon the country, regiments can be either combat units or administrative units or both and this is often contrasted to the continental system adopted by many armies. Generally, divisions are garrisoned together and share the same installations, thus, in divisional administration, soldiers and officers are transferred in and out of divisions as required. Some regiments recruited from specific areas, and usually incorporated the place name into the regimental name. In other cases, regiments would recruit from an age group within a nation. In other cases, new regiments were raised for new functions within an army, e. g. the Fusiliers, the Parachute Regiment, a key aspect of the regimental system is that the regiment or battalion is the fundamental tactical building block. This flows historically from the period, when battalions were widely dispersed and virtually autonomous. For example, a regiment might include different types of battalions of different origins, within the regimental system, soldiers, and usually officers, are always posted to a tactical unit of their own regiment whenever posted to field duty

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American Civil War
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The American Civil War was an internal conflict fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America, the Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U. S. history. Among the 34 U. S. states in February 1861, War broke out in April 1861 when Confederates attacked the U. S. fortress of Fort Sumter. The Confederacy grew to eleven states, it claimed two more states, the Indian Territory, and the southern portions of the western territories of Arizona. The Confederacy was never recognized by the United States government nor by any foreign country. The states that remained loyal, including border states where slavery was legal, were known as the Union or the North, the war ended with the surrender of all the Confederate armies and the dissolution of the Confederate government in the spring of 1865. The war had its origin in the issue of slavery. The Confederacy collapsed and 4 million slaves were freed, but before his inauguration, seven slave states with cotton-based economies formed the Confederacy. The first six to declare secession had the highest proportions of slaves in their populations, the first seven with state legislatures to resolve for secession included split majorities for unionists Douglas and Bell in Georgia with 51% and Louisiana with 55%. Alabama had voted 46% for those unionists, Mississippi with 40%, Florida with 38%, Texas with 25%, of these, only Texas held a referendum on secession. Eight remaining slave states continued to reject calls for secession, outgoing Democratic President James Buchanan and the incoming Republicans rejected secession as illegal. Lincolns March 4,1861 inaugural address declared that his administration would not initiate a civil war, speaking directly to the Southern States, he reaffirmed, I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the United States where it exists. I believe I have no right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. After Confederate forces seized numerous federal forts within territory claimed by the Confederacy, efforts at compromise failed, the Confederates assumed that European countries were so dependent on King Cotton that they would intervene, but none did, and none recognized the new Confederate States of America. Hostilities began on April 12,1861, when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, while in the Western Theater the Union made significant permanent gains, in the Eastern Theater, the battle was inconclusive in 1861–62. The autumn 1862 Confederate campaigns into Maryland and Kentucky failed, dissuading British intervention, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made ending slavery a war goal. To the west, by summer 1862 the Union destroyed the Confederate river navy, then much of their western armies, the 1863 Union siege of Vicksburg split the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River. In 1863, Robert E. Lees Confederate incursion north ended at the Battle of Gettysburg, Western successes led to Ulysses S. Grants command of all Union armies in 1864

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Colonel (United States)
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It is equivalent to the naval rank of captain in the other uniformed services. The pay grade for colonel is O-6, the insignia of the rank of colonel, as seen on the right, is worn on the officers left side. The insignia for a colonel is an eagle which is a stylized representation of the eagle dominating the Great Seal of the United States. As on the Great Seal, the eagle has a U. S. shield superimposed on its chest and is holding an olive branch, however, in simplification of the Great Seal image, the insignia lacks the scroll in the eagles mouth and the rosette above its head. On the Great Seal, the branch is always clutched in the eagles right-side talons. The head of the eagle faces towards the branch, rather than the arrows. As a result, the head of the eagle faces towards the viewers left. During World War II the military insignia for the rank of Colonel changed somewhat with the eagle facing the arrows and this was done only during war years. These special war eagles, although rare, can sometimes be found in surplus or memorabilia sales. In the United States Army and United States Air Force, the eagle is worn with the head of the eagle to the wearers right. In the United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard and NOAA, the United States rank of colonel is a direct successor to the same rank in the British Army. The first colonels in America were appointed from Colonial militias maintained as reserves to the British Army in the American colonies, upon the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, colonial legislatures would grant commissions to men to raise a regiment and serve as its colonels. Thus, the first American colonels were usually respected men with ties in local communities, such was the origin of the phrase soldier and statesman. With the post-war reduction of the US Army, the rank of colonel disappeared, the first insignia for the rank of colonel consisted of gold epaulettes worn on the blue uniform of the Continental Army. The first recorded use of the insignia was in 1805 as this insignia was made official in uniform regulations by 1810. The rank of colonel was relatively rare in the early 19th century, partly because the U. S. Army was very small, and the rank was usually obtained only after long years of service. During the War of 1812 the Army grew rapidly and many colonels were appointed, a number of other colonels were appointed by brevet - an honorary promotion usually for distinguished service in combat. The American Civil War saw an influx of colonels as the rank was commonly held in both the Confederate army and Union Army by those who commanded a regiment

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Greensburg, Indiana
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Greensburg is a city in Decatur County, Indiana, United States. The population was counted at 11,492 at the 2010 census, the city is the county seat of Decatur County. Greensburg was laid out in 1822, the founders wife being a native of Greensburg, Pennsylvania caused the name to be selected. The first post office at Greensburg opened in 1823, but the name of the post office was spelled Greensburgh until 1894. At the beginning of the century, race relations in Greensburg worsened. According to James W. Loewen, Greensburg then was for decades a sundown town, the Decatur County Courthouse in Greensburg is known for a tree which grows from the top of the Courthouse Tower, giving Greensburg its nickname, Tree City. There have been one or more trees growing continually since the first tree was noticed in the early 1870s, later, other small trees appeared on the clock tower. County officials were concerned that the trees would cause damage to the roof. Two trees were left, with one ultimately growing to a height of nearly 15 feet, by the time it died, another tree had appeared. Today, there are two trees on the tower, during a recent tree trimming a piece of the tree was examined by several Purdue University foresters and they positively identified the tree as a mulberry tree. According to the 2010 census, Greensburg has an area of 9.315 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 11,492 people,4,661 households, the population density was 1,239.7 inhabitants per square mile. There were 5,185 housing units at a density of 559.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 96. 1% White,0. 4% African American,0. 2% Native American,1. 3% Asian,0. 9% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 4% of the population. 31. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98. The median age in the city was 37 years. 25% of residents were under the age of 18,8. 6% were between the ages of 18 and 24,26. 4% were from 25 to 44,24. 5% were from 45 to 64, and 15. 6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47. 9% male and 52. 1% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 10,260 people,4,178 households, and 2,778 families residing in the city

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Morgan's Raid
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Morgans Raid was a highly publicized incursion by Confederate cavalry into the northern U. S. states of Indiana and Ohio during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11–July 26,1863, and is named for the commander of the Confederates, Morgans Confederates during the 46 day raid covered more than 1,000 miles, beginning in Tennessee and ending in northern Ohio. Morgans raid coincided with the Vicksburg Campaign and the Gettysburg Campaign, however, it was meant to draw away tens of thousands of U. S. troops away from these major campaigns and to frighten Northern civilians into demanding their troops be recalled to defend them. Morgan and other officers were kept in the Ohio state penitentiary, but they tunneled their way out and casually took a train to Cincinnati. To many Confederates, the daring expedition behind enemy lines became known as The Great Raid of 1863, however, along with Gettysburg and Vicksburg, it was another in a string of defeats for the Confederate army that summer. Some Northern newspapers derisively labeled Morgans expedition as The Calico Raid, Gen. Braxton Bragg, the regional Confederate commander, had intended for Morgans cavalrymen to provide a distraction by entering Kentucky. Morgan, however, confided to some of his officers that he had desired to invade Indiana. Bragg had given him carte blanche to ride throughout Tennessee and Kentucky, on July 2, hoping to disrupt Union communication lines, Morgan rode into Kentucky, where admiring citizens openly welcomed his cavalrymen. Crossing the rain-swollen Cumberland River at Burkesville, Morgans division advanced to the Green River, Morgan soon surprised and captured the garrison at Lebanon. He trapped 400 men from the 20th Kentucky in the railroad depot. In a sharp fight, Federal troops killed Morgans youngest brother Thomas during the final charge. Morgan finally captured and paroled the Federal troops, a grieving Morgan continued northward towards Louisville, riding through Springfield, Bardstown, and Garnettsville. Along the way, the Confederates endured several more small skirmishes with Federals, just south of the city, however, he turned his remaining men to the northwest and headed for the Ohio River. At Springfield, Morgan sent a detachment north and east of Louisville and this detachment crossed the Ohio River at Twelve Mile Island, but they were captured near New Pekin, Indiana, before they could rejoin Morgan. Ellsworth did this throughout the journey, especially in Indiana, Morgan had sent spy Thomas Hines and a party of 25 Confederates on a secret mission into Indiana in June to determine if the local Copperheads would support or join Morgans impending raid. After visiting the local Copperhead leader, Dr. William A. Bowles, Hines learned that no desired support would be forthcoming. He and his scouts were soon identified as actually being Confederates and he wandered around Kentucky for a week seeking information on Morgans whereabouts. By now reduced to 1,800 men, Morgans main column had arrived on the morning of July 8 at Brandenburg, Kentucky, a town along the Ohio River

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Indiana
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Indiana /ɪndiˈænə/ is a U. S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States and its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U. S. state on December 11,1816, before becoming a territory, varying cultures of indigenous peoples and historic Native Americans inhabited Indiana for thousands of years. Indiana has an economy with a gross state product of $298 billion in 2012. Indiana has several areas with populations greater than 100,000. The states name means Land of the Indians, or simply Indian Land and it also stems from Indianas territorial history. On May 7,1800, the United States Congress passed legislation to divide the Northwest Territory into two areas and named the section the Indiana Territory. In 1816, when Congress passed an Enabling Act to begin the process of establishing statehood for Indiana, a resident of Indiana is officially known as a Hoosier. The first inhabitants in what is now Indiana were the Paleo-Indians, divided into small groups, the Paleo-Indians were nomads who hunted large game such as mastodons. They created stone tools made out of chert by chipping, knapping and flaking, the Archaic period, which began between 5000 and 4000 BC, covered the next phase of indigenous culture. The people developed new tools as well as techniques to cook food, such new tools included different types of spear points and knives, with various forms of notches. They made ground-stone tools such as axes, woodworking tools. During the latter part of the period, they built mounds and middens. The Archaic period ended at about 1500 BC, although some Archaic people lived until 700 BC, afterward, the Woodland period took place in Indiana, where various new cultural attributes appeared. During this period, the people created ceramics and pottery, an early Woodland period group named the Adena people had elegant burial rituals, featuring log tombs beneath earth mounds. In the middle portion of the Woodland period, the Hopewell people began developing long-range trade of goods, nearing the end of the stage, the people developed highly productive cultivation and adaptation of agriculture, growing such crops as corn and squash. The Woodland period ended around 1000 AD, the Mississippian culture emerged, lasting from 1000 until the 15th century, shortly before the arrival of Europeans. During this stage, the people created large urban settlements designed according to their cosmology, with mounds and plazas defining ceremonial

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Confederate States Army
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The Confederate States Army was the military ground force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. S. Military Academy and colonel of a regiment during the Mexican War. In March 1861, the Provisional Confederate Congress established a more permanent Confederate States Army, the better estimates of the number of individual Confederate soldiers are between 750,000 and 1,000,000 men. This does not include a number of slaves who were pressed into performing various tasks for the army, such as construction of fortifications. Since these figures include estimates of the number of individual soldiers who served at any time during the war. These numbers do not include men who served in Confederate naval forces, although most of the soldiers who fought in the American Civil War were volunteers, both sides by 1862 resorted to conscription, primarily as a means to force men to register and to volunteer. In the absence of records, estimates of the percentage of Confederate soldiers who were draftees are about double the 6 percent of Union soldiers who were conscripts. Confederate casualty figures also are incomplete and unreliable, one estimate of Confederate wounded, which is considered incomplete, is 194,026. These numbers do not include men who died from causes such as accidents. Other Confederate forces surrendered between April 16,1865 and June 28,1865, by the end of the war, more than 100,000 Confederate soldiers had deserted. The Confederacys government effectively dissolved when it fled Richmond in April, by the time Abraham Lincoln took office as President of the United States on March 4,1861, the seven seceding slave states had formed the Confederate States. The Confederacy seized federal property, including nearly all U. S. Army forts, Lincoln was determined to hold the forts remaining under U. S. control when he took office, especially Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Under orders from Confederate President Jefferson Davis, C. S. troops under the command of General P. G. T, Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12–13,1861, forcing its capitulation on April 14. The Northern states were outraged by the Confederacys attack and demanded war and it rallied behind Lincolns call on April 15, for all the states to send troops to recapture the forts from the secessionists, to put down the rebellion and to preserve the Union intact. Four more slave states joined the Confederacy. The Confederate Congress provided for a Confederate army patterned after the United States Army and it was to consist of a large provisional force to exist only in time of war and a small permanent regular army. Although the two forces were to exist concurrently, very little was done to organize the Confederate regular army, the Provisional Army of the Confederate States began organizing on April 27. Virtually all regular, volunteer, and conscripted men preferred to enter this organization since officers could achieve a rank in the Provisional Army than they could in the Regular Army

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General officer
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A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations air forces or marines. The term general is used in two ways, as the title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of captain general, the adjective general had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of General is known in countries as a four-star rank. However different countries use different systems of stars for senior ranks and it has a NATO code of OF-9 and is the highest rank currently in use in a number of armies. The various grades of general officer are at the top of the rank structure. Lower-ranking officers in military forces are typically known as field officers or field-grade officers. There are two systems of general ranks used worldwide. In addition there is a system, the Arab system of ranks. Variations of one form, the old European system, were used throughout Europe. It is used in the United Kingdom, from which it spread to the Commonwealth. The other is derived from the French Revolution, where ranks are named according to the unit they command. The system used either a general or a colonel general rank. The rank of marshal was used by some countries as the highest rank. Many countries actually used two brigade command ranks, which is why some countries now use two stars as their brigade general insignia, mexico and Argentina still use two brigade command ranks. As a lieutenant outranks a sergeant major, confusion arises because a lieutenant is outranked by a major. Originally the serjeant major was, exclusively, the commander of the infantry, junior only to the captain general, the distinction of serjeant major general only applied after serjeant majors were introduced as a rank of field officer. Serjeant was eventually dropped from both titles, creating the modern rank titles

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John Hunt Morgan
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John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. In April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh, and then launched a raid in Kentucky. He also attacked the supply-lines of General William S. Rosecrans, in July 1863, he set out on a 1000-mile raid into Indiana and Ohio, taking hundreds of prisoners. But after most of his men had been intercepted by Union gunboats, Morgan surrendered at Salineville, Ohio, the legendary Morgans Raid, which had been carried out against orders, gained no tactical advantage for the Confederacy, while the loss of his regiment proved a serious setback. Morgan escaped from his Union prison but his credibility was low and he was killed at Greeneville, Tennessee in September 1864. Morgan was the brother-in-law of Confederate general A. P. Hill, John Hunt Morgan was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the eldest of ten children of Calvin and Henrietta Morgan. He was also the brother-in-law of A. P. Hill and he was said to be a direct descendant of Revolutionary War general and hero Daniel Morgan. Whose own great grand-uncle was perhaps historys most successful privateer, Henry Morgan, Morgans home was built in Lexington, Kentucky was built in 1814. Currently a historic landmark, and guided tours are available upon request, Morgans family is also known for John Wesley Hunt who became a leading landowner and businessman in Kentucky and one of the wealthiest men in the western part of the country. His business empire included interest in banking, horse breeding, agriculture, among his business associates were Henry Clay and John Jacob Astor. Which contributed for much of the familys longterm wealth, Morgans paternal grandparents were Luther and Anna Morgan. Luther Morgan had settled in Huntsville, but a downturn in the economy forced him to mortgage his holdings. His father, Calvin Morgan, lost his Huntsville home in 1831 when he was unable to pay the property following the failure of his pharmacy. The family then moved to Lexington, where he would one of his father-in-laws sprawling farms. Morgan grew up on the farm outside of Lexington and attended Transylvania College for two years, but was suspended in 1844 for dueling with a fraternity brother, in 1846, Morgan joined the Fraternal Order of Freemasons, at Daviess Lodge #22, Lexington, Kentucky. Morgan desired a career, but the small size of the US military severely limited opportunities for officers commissions. In 1846 Morgan enlisted with his brother Calvin and uncle Alexander in the U. S. Army as a private during the Mexican-American War. He was elected lieutenant and was promoted to first lieutenant before arriving in Mexico

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Ohio River
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The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States. The 981-mile river flows through or along the border of six states, through its largest tributary, the Tennessee River, the basin includes many of the states of the southeastern U. S. It is the source of drinking water for three million people and it is named in Iroquoian or Seneca, Ohi, yó, lit. Good River or Shawnee, Pelewathiipi and Spelewathiipi, the river had great significance in the history of the Native Americans, as numerous civilizations formed along its valley. For thousands of years, Native Americans used the river as a major transportation, in 1669, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle led a French expedition to the Ohio River, becoming the first Europeans to see it. After European-American settlement, the served as a border between present-day Kentucky and Indian Territories. It was a transportation route for pioneers during the westward expansion of the early U. S. In his Notes on the State of Virginia published in 1781–82, Thomas Jefferson stated and its current gentle, waters clear, and bosom smooth and unbroken by rocks and rapids, a single instance only excepted. During the 19th century, the river was the boundary of the Northwest Territory. Where the river was narrow, it was the way to freedom for thousands of slaves escaping to the North, many helped by free blacks and whites of the Underground Railroad resistance movement. The Ohio River is a transition area, as its water runs along the periphery of the humid subtropical. It is inhabited by fauna and flora of both climates, in winter, it regularly freezes over at Pittsburgh but rarely further south toward Cincinnati and Louisville. At Paducah, Kentucky, in the south, near the Ohios confluence with the Mississippi, Paducah was founded there because it is the northernmost ice-free reach of the Ohio. The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Point State Park in Pittsburgh, from there, it flows northwest through Allegheny and Beaver counties, before making an abrupt turn to the south-southwest at the West Virginia–Ohio–Pennsylvania triple-state line. From there, it forms the border between West Virginia and Ohio, upstream of Wheeling, West Virginia, the river then follows a roughly southwest and then west-northwest course until Cincinnati, before bending to a west-southwest course for most of its length. The course forms the borders of West Virginia and Kentucky. The Ohio drains parts of 15 states in four regions, northeast New York, a small area of the southern border along the headwaters of the Allegheny. Pennsylvania, a corridor from the corner to north central border

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Governor of Indiana
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The Governor of Indiana is the chief executive of the state of Indiana. The governor is elected to a term, and responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the functions of many agencies of the Indiana state government. The governor also shares power with other executive officers, who manage other state government agencies. The governor works out of the Indiana Statehouse and holds official functions at the Indiana Governors Residence in the capital of Indianapolis. The 51st and current governor is Republican Eric Holcomb, the position of governor has developed over the course of two centuries. The governors powers are established in Article V of the Constitution of Indiana, constitutionally, the governor has very limited executive authority to manage the government of the state, most exercisable powers over state agencies are held by independent elected cabinet heads. The governor works in concert with the legislature and the state supreme court to govern the state. The governor has the power to veto legislation passed by the General Assembly, if vetoed, a bill is returned to the General Assembly for reconsideration. Unlike other states, most of which require a supermajority to override a veto. One of the governors most important political powers is the ability to call a session of the General Assembly. During a two-year period, the assembly can meet on its own for no more than 91 days, and this can give the governor considerable influence in the body which will often compromise on issues with him or her in exchange for a special legislative session. Among his other powers, the governor can call out the defense force or the Indiana National Guard in times of emergency or disaster. The governor is also charged with the enforcement of all the states laws, the governor also has the ability to grant a pardon or commutation of sentence of any person convicted of a crime in the state, except in cases of treason or impeachment. In addition to powers, governors also have a considerable degree of statutory authority. Most of the authority exercised by governors on a basis is derived from statute. The governor also can influence the court system through the appointment of judges. Justices of the peace and superior courts judges are elected in Indiana, if a vacancy occurs the governor may make an appointment, the authority to make such appointments gives the governor considerable sway in setting the makeup of the judiciary. The annual salary of the governor of Indiana is US$111,688, additionally, he receives $6,000 annually for discretionary spending and expenses

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Oliver P. Morton
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Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, commonly known as Oliver P. Morton, was a U. S. He served as the 14th Governor of Indiana during the American Civil War, during the war, Morton thwarted and neutralized the Democratic-controlled Indiana General Assembly. He was criticized for arresting and detaining political enemies and suspected southern sympathizers, during his second term as governor, and after being partially paralyzed by a stroke, he was elected to serve in the U. S. Senate. He was a leader among the Radical Republicans of the Reconstruction era, in 1877, during his second term in the Senate, Morton suffered a second debilitating stroke that caused a rapid deterioration in his health, he died later that year. Morton was mourned nationally and his funeral procession was witnessed by thousands and he is buried in Indianapoliss Crown Hill Cemetery. Morton was an Indiana native born in Wayne County near the settlement of Salisbury on August 4,1823, to James Throck. His grandfather had shortened the surname, Throckmorton, to Morton. He was named for Oliver Hazard Perry, the victorious Commodore in the Battle of Lake Erie, Morton disliked his name from an early age, and before beginning his political career he shortened it to Oliver Perry Morton, dropping the middle names of Hazard and Throck. His mother died when he was three, and he was raised by his maternal grandparents and he spent most of his young life living with them in Ohio. Morton returned to eastern Indiana as a man, and joined his family at Centerville. Leaving school at the age of fifteen, Morton briefly worked as an apothecarys clerk, in 1845 he returned to Centerville and was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1846. Morton formed a law practice with Judge Newman and became a successful, Morton married Lucinda Burbank in 1845. The couple had five children, but only two survived infancy, in 1852 Morton campaigned and was elected to serve as a circuit court judge, but resigned after only a year, he found that he preferred to practice law. By 1854 he was active in Indiana politics, initially, Morton was an anti-slavery Democrat, but living in a region dominated by the Whig Party he had little hope of furthering a political career without changing his party affiliation. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromises ban on slavery in the western territories, as the Democrats divided over the issue, Morton took a stand with the Free Soil supporters and opposed the Act. Senator Jesse D. Bright, the states Democrats expel its members, including Morton. That same year Morton joined with other factions to form the Peoples party. He also served as a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, thirty-two-year-old Morton became the Peoples/Republican candidate for governor of Indiana in 1856

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Indiana Guard Reserve
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The Indiana Guard Reserve, formerly the Liberty Guard and the Indiana Legion, is the state defense force of the state of Indiana. The Indiana Guard Reserve serves under the authority of the governor of the State of Indiana through his executive agent for military matters. The Guard Reserve is a military organization designed to supplement the Indiana National Guard. The Indiana Guard Reserve also provides MEMS qualified soldiers who can augment Indiana Homeland Security missions, the Indiana Guard Reserve is organized pursuant to Indiana Code IC 10-16-8. Commanders Personal Staff – Consists of the sergeant major of the Indiana Guard Reserve division. G-2 Intelligence – Consists of the assistant chief of staff G-2/director of intelligence, g-3 Operations, Plans, and Training – Consists of the assistant chief of staff G-3/director of operations, plans officer, training officer, and the operations sergeant major. G-4 Logistics – Consists of the assistant chief of staff G-4/director of logistics, deputy director logistics, procurement officer, general supply technician, and the logistics sergeant major. G-5 Civil Affairs – Consists of the assistant chief of staff G-5/director of civil affairs, director of recruiting/retention, recruiting sergeant major, Headquarters – Consists of the commandant and the sergeant major. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment – Serves as headquarters for the Indiana Guard Reserve general staff and support personnel, Search and Rescue Detachment, Consists of the commander, first sergeant, and the supply sergeant. Office Management – Consists of the IGR administrative assistant, 1st Brigade – Headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and encompasses the northeast quarter of the state. The 1st Brigade consists of the subordinate units, 1st Battalion – Headquartered in Kokomo. 2nd Battalion – Headquartered in Marion, Indiana, 3rd Battalion – Headquartered in South Bend, Indiana. 2nd Brigade – Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, and encompasses the northwest quarter of the state, 3rd Brigade – Headquartered in Bedford, Indiana, and encompasses the southwest quarter of the state. The 3rd Brigade consists of the subordinate units, 1st Battalion – Headquartered in Bloomington. 2nd Battalion – Headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, 3rd Battalion – Headquartered in Jasper, Indiana. 4th Battalion – Headquartered in Terre Haute, Indiana, 4th Brigade – Headquartered in Shelbyville, Indiana, and encompasses the southeast quarter of the state. The 4th Brigade consists of the subordinate units, 1st Battalion – Headquartered in Anderson. 2nd Battalion – Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, 3rd Battalion – Headquartered in New Albany, Indiana

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Marion County, Indiana
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Marion County is a county located in the U. S. state of Indiana. Census 2010 recorded a population of 903,393, making it the largest county in the state and 55th most populated county in the country, the county seat is Indianapolis, the state capital and largest city. Marion County is consolidated with Indianapolis through an arrangement known as Unigov, Marion County is included in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2010 census, the county has an area of 403.01 square miles. The White River flows through the county where it is joined by Eagle Creek and Fall Creek, Marion County contains two Indiana State Parks, Fort Harrison State Park and White River State Park, as well as numerous municipal parks. The extension connecting Indianapolis and Evansville is expected to be completed around 2018, marys, the Lenape had previously occupied the area. It is named for Francis Marion, a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War, the state capital was moved to Indianapolis in Marion County from Corydon on January 10,1825. This began a period of growth in population. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.05 inches in January to 4.78 inches in July, as of the 2010 United States Census, there were 903,393 people,366,176 households, and 218,338 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,279.6 inhabitants per square mile, there were 417,862 housing units at an average density of 1,054.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 62. 7% white,26. 7% black or African American,2. 0% Asian,0. 3% American Indian,0. 1% Pacific islander,5. 4% from other races, and 2. 8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 9. 3% of the population, in terms of ancestry,18. 9% were German,11. 8% were Irish,8. 4% were English,6. 6% were American, and 5. 2% were Subsaharan African. The average household size was 2.42 and the family size was 3.08. The median age was 33.9 years, the median income for a household in the county was $47,697 and the median income for a family was $54,142. Males had an income of $42,215 versus $34,169 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,498, about 13. 5% of families and 17. 3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25. 7% of those under age 18 and 9. 0% of those age 65 or over. Marion County has a consolidated city-county government, known as Unigov and they retain the ability to levy taxes for these purposes. Since many of these towns were and remain fairly wealthy and influential within the county

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Decatur County, Indiana
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Decatur County is a county located in the U. S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 25,740, Decatur County was formed in 1822. It was named for Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. naval officer in the First and Second Barbary Wars, Decatur was mortally wounded in a duel in 1820. Greensburg, the county seat, was selected as the location of the Honda assembly plant. According to the 2010 census, the county has an area of 373.32 square miles. Greensburg Millhousen New Point St. Paul Westport Clarksburg Lake Santee Milford Interstate 74 U. S, average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.42 inches in February to 5.03 inches in May. The county government is a body, and is granted specific powers by the Constitution of Indiana. County Council, The county council is the branch of the county government and controls all the spending. Representatives are elected from county districts, the council members serve four-year terms. They are responsible for setting salaries, the budget. The council also has limited authority to local taxes, in the form of an income and property tax that is subject to state level approval, excise taxes. Board of Commissioners, The executive body of the county is made of a board of commissioners, the commissioners are elected county-wide, in staggered terms, and each serves a four-year term. One of the commissioners, typically the most senior, serves as president, the commissioners are charged with executing the acts legislated by the council, collecting revenue, and managing the day-to-day functions of the county government. Court, The county maintains a small court that can handle some civil cases. The judge on the court is elected to a term of four years, the judge is assisted by a constable who is also elected to a four-year term. In some cases, court decisions can be appealed to the state circuit court. County Officials, The county has several other elected offices, including sheriff, coroner, auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor, each of these elected officers serves a term of four years and oversee different parts of the county government. Members elected to county government positions are required to declare a party affiliation, Decatur County is part of Indianas 6th congressional district, Indiana Senate district 42, and Indiana House of Representatives district 67

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Fayette County, Indiana
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Fayette County is one of 92 counties in U. S. state of Indiana located in the east central portion of the state. As of 2010, the population was 24,277, the county seat and only incorporated town is Connersville which holds a majority of the countys population. The county is an economically depressed area with high unemployment. The county lacks an airport, rail and bus service. Conclusion of the Treaty essentially ended Indian occupation of the county, in the territory of Indiana, Wayne and Franklin counties were carved from Dearborn and Clark counties in 1811. At that time much of southeastern Indiana was divided between the two latter counties, Fayette County was created by act of the Indiana General Assembly in Dec.1818 from portions of Wayne and Franklin counties and unincorporated territory in the northern portion of the county. It was named for the Marquis de la Fayette, a French hero of the Revolutionary War, Connersville, then a small village of less than a hundred inhabitants, was designated the county seat. The county was divided into 5 townships in Feb.1819, in 1821, the organization of Waterloo Township subsumed the portion of Brownsville Township remaining in Fayette County, along with a portion of Harrison Township west of the Whitewater River. In 1826, a part in the southeastern portion of Jackson township not included in the limits of the county in 1818. In 1841, Connersville became the first, and remains the only, after early settlement, during industrial growth, the countys population concentrated in the town of Connersville. At the time of its organization in 1819, the county had approximately 3000 residents. According to the 2010 census, the county has an area of 215.16 square miles. The county is located in the portion of the Whitewater River Valley running south. The only major waterway in the county is the West Fork of the Whitewater River running north to south through the center of the county, There is only a single tiny lake in the county, Manloves lake in Posey Township. The county is flat with low, rolling hills. The county is part of the Eastern Broadleaf Forest biome dominated by trees including over 175 native species of oak. Most of the use is farms, vacant woodland and pasture. The most common crops are corn and soybeans, the nearest large cities are Cincinnati 58 miles to the southeast, Indianapolis 66 miles to the west, Louisville 127 miles to the south, and Columbus, Ohio 135 miles to the northeast

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Dearborn County, Indiana
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Dearborn County is a county located in the U. S. state of Indiana. In 2010, the population was 50,047, the county seat and largest city is Lawrenceburg. Dearborn County is part of the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, Dearborn County was formed in 1803. It was named for Dr. Henry Dearborn, Dearborn was U. S. Secretary of War at the time the county was named. Early growth was centered on Lawrenceburg which was an important railroad junction connecting two of the major rail lines. Dearborn County originally included what is now Ohio County when it was organized in 1803, Lawrenceburg was then designated as the county seat. However, from the start, a contention existed between the towns of Lawrenceburg and Rising Sun over that designation. According to the 2010 census, the county has an area of 307.42 square miles. Part of the county line is formed by the Ohio River. Dearborn County contains the Perfect North Slopes ski resort, average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.94 inches in September to 5.53 inches in May. At the 2010 United States Census, there were 50,047 people,18,743 households and 13,773 families residing in the county, the population density was 164.1 inhabitants per square mile. There were 20,171 housing units at a density of 66.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 97. 5% white,0. 6% black or African American,0. 4% Asian,0. 2% American Indian,0. 1% Pacific islander,0. 3% from other races, and 1. 0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1. 0% of the population, in terms of ancestry,46. 5% were German,19. 2% were Irish,11. 4% were English, and 7. 8% were American. The average household size was 2.64 and the family size was 3.07. The median age was 40.0 years, the median household income was $47,697 and the median family income was $66,561. Males had an income of $45,270 and females $33,353. The per capita income was $25,023, about 4. 5% of families and 7. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8. 5% of those under age 18 and 6. 3% of those age 65 or over

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Lawrenceburg, Indiana
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Lawrenceburg is a city in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census, the city is the county seat and largest city of Dearborn County. Lawrenceburg is in southeast Indiana, on the Ohio River west of Cincinnati, founded in 1802, Lawrenceburg was named for the maiden name of founder Samuel C. In the 19th century Lawrenceburg became an important trading center for riverboats on the Ohio River, Lawrenceburg is located at 39°5′46″N 84°51′28″W. According to the 2010 census, Lawrenceburg has an area of 5.21 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 5,042 people,2,057 households, the population density was 1,020.6 inhabitants per square mile. There were 2,313 housing units at a density of 468.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 93. 5% White,3. 0% African American,0. 3% Native American,0. 8% Asian,0. 3% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 2% of the population. 39. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.96. The median age in the city was 35.5 years. 24. 1% of residents were under the age of 18,10. 6% were between the ages of 18 and 24,26. 6% were from 25 to 44,24. 1% were from 45 to 64, and 14. 7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49. 0% male and 51. 0% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 4,685 people,1,914 households, and 1,140 families residing in the city. The population density was 956.1 people per square mile, there were 2,162 housing units at an average density of 441.2 per square mile. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 85% of the population,34. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the family size was 2.94. In the city, the population was out with 24. 2% under the age of 18,11. 5% from 18 to 24,28. 3% from 25 to 44,20. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 35 years, for every 100 females there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males, the median income for a household in the city was $29,306, and the median income for a family was $37,978

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Harrison, Ohio
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Harrison is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The city is located in the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area, the population was 10,292 as of the 2013 census. Harrison was laid out in 1810, named in honor of William Henry Harrison and it was incorporated in 1850, and became a city in 1981. Harrison Township was established in 1850, formerly part of Crosby Township, among the historic sites in the citys vicinity is the Eighteen Mile House, which was built during the earliest years of the nineteenth century. Harrison was the home of Ohios fifth governor Othneil Looker and it was one of the few stops in Ohio on the Whitewater Canal, built between 1836 and 1847, which spanned a distance of 76 miles. On July 13,1863, Morgans Raiders, a Confederate cavalry force, the column passed through taking fresh horses and burning the bridge over the Whitewater River near the southwest part of the town. The first train came to Harrison Township in 1864, in 1882 Harrison Depot was built at West Broadway and Railroad Avenue. It later burned to the ground, Harrison Village Park is the final resting place for a small number of veterans of the Revolutionary War. In the center of the park is a bandstand, prior to it being a bandstand it was a fountain. In the early 1930s the fountain was drained and filled in and it seems many children came down with cases of impetigo after spending a hot summer swimming in the fountain full of untreated water. In 1940 the dog track in West Harrison closed due to pressure from the racing circuit. Monkeys in silk jackets had been used as jockeys for the dogs, the track had originally opened in 1932, when parimutuel betting was illegal in Indiana. However, during the Depression, heads were turned as the track attracted revenue to the area and was one of the highest paying jobs at $12 a week. Parts of the city were devastated on June 2,1990, by an F4 tornado, the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute is headquartered in Harrison. Harrison Mayor William Neyer was elected November 3,2015 with 58. 05% of the vote, upon losing the election Mayor Joel McGuire resigned and choose not to finish his term or help with the new transaction. With the resignation of Mayor McGuire, vice mayor William Neyer, per Harrison City Charter became the Mayor, mr. Neyer will be sworn in to his newly elected term next January. Harrison city council is made up of seven members Ryan Grubbs, Ray Acra, Mark Louis, Hank Menninger, Ethan Dole, Randy Shank and its police department is an accredited department with 20 sworn officers and three civilian personnel. It is headed by Col. Charles Lindsey, Chief of Police, the Fire Department is headed by Chief Rob Hursong

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Ohio
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Ohio /oʊˈhaɪ. oʊ/ is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Ohio is the 34th largest by area, the 7th most populous, the states capital and largest city is Columbus. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, the name originated from the Iroquois word ohi-yo’, meaning great river or large creek. Partitioned from the Northwest Territory, the state was admitted to the Union as the 17th state on March 1,1803, Ohio is historically known as the Buckeye State after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as Buckeyes. Ohio occupies 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives, Ohio is known for its status as both a swing state and a bellwether in national elections. Six Presidents of the United States have been elected who had Ohio as their home state, Ohios geographic location has proven to be an asset for economic growth and expansion. Because Ohio links the Northeast to the Midwest, much cargo, Ohio has the nations 10th largest highway network, and is within a one-day drive of 50% of North Americas population and 70% of North Americas manufacturing capacity. To the north, Lake Erie gives Ohio 312 miles of coastline, Ohios southern border is defined by the Ohio River, and much of the northern border is defined by Lake Erie. Ohios neighbors are Pennsylvania to the east, Michigan to the northwest, Ontario Canada, to the north, Indiana to the west, Kentucky on the south, Ohio is bounded by the Ohio River, but nearly all of the river itself belongs to Kentucky and West Virginia. Ohio has only that portion of the river between the rivers 1792 low-water mark and the present high-water mark, the border with Michigan has also changed, as a result of the Toledo War, to angle slightly northeast to the north shore of the mouth of the Maumee River. Much of Ohio features glaciated plains, with a flat area in the northwest being known as the Great Black Swamp. Most of Ohio is of low relief, but the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau features rugged hills, in 1965 the United States Congress passed the Appalachian Regional Development Act, at attempt to address the persistent poverty and growing economic despair of the Appalachian Region. This act defines 29 Ohio counties as part of Appalachia, the worst weather disaster in Ohio history occurred along the Great Miami River in 1913. Known as the Great Dayton Flood, the entire Miami River watershed flooded, as a result, the Miami Conservancy District was created as the first major flood plain engineering project in Ohio and the United States. Grand Lake St. Marys in the west central part of the state was constructed as a supply of water for canals in the era of 1820–1850. For many years this body of water, over 20 square miles, was the largest artificial lake in the world and it should be noted that Ohios canal-building projects were not the economic fiasco that similar efforts were in other states. Some cities, such as Dayton, owe their emergence to location on canals. Summers are typically hot and humid throughout the state, while winters generally range from cool to cold, precipitation in Ohio is moderate year-round

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Indiana in the American Civil War
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Indiana, a state in the Midwest, played an important role in supporting the Union during the American Civil War. Despite anti-war activity within the state, and southern Indianas ancestral ties to the South, Indiana contributed approximately 210,000 Union soldiers, sailors, and marines. Indianas soldiers served in 308 military engagements during the war, the majority of them in the western theater and its state government provided funds to purchase equipment, food, and supplies for troops in the field. The state experienced two minor raids by Confederate forces, and one raid in 1863, which caused a brief panic in southern portions of the state and its capital city. Indiana experienced significant political strife during the war, especially after Governor Oliver P. Morton suppressed the Democratic-controlled state legislature, major debates, which led to violence, related to the issues of slavery and emancipation, military service for African Americans, and the draft. Increased wartime manufacturing and industrial growth in Hoosier cities and towns ushered in a new era of economic prosperity, by the end of the war, Indiana had become less rural state than it previously had been. Indianas votes were split between the parties for several decades after the war, making it one of a few key swing states that often decided national elections. Between 1868 and 1916, five Indiana politicians were vice-presidential nominees on the major party tickets, in 1888 Benjamin Harrison, one of the states former Civil War generals, was elected president of the United States. Indiana was the first of the western states to mobilize for the Civil War. When news reached Indiana of the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12,1861, many Indiana residents were surprised, but their response was immediate. On April 15, Indianas governor, Oliver P. Morton, Indianas geographical location in the Midwest, its large population, and its agricultural production made the states wartime support critical to the Unions success. On April 15,1861, President Lincoln called for a total of 75,000 volunteers to join the Union army, on the same day, Governor Morton telegraphed the president offering 10,000 Indiana volunteers. The states initial quota was set at six regiments for three months of service, orders were issued on April 16 to form the states first regiments and to gather at Indianapolis. By April 27, Indianas first six regiments were organized as the First Brigade, Indiana Volunteers. Indiana ranked second among the states in terms of the percentage of its men of age who served in the Union army. Indiana contributed 208,367 men, roughly 15 percent of the total population to serve in the Union army. Most of Indianas soldiers were volunteers,11,718 were re-enlistments, Military conscription, which began in October 1862, was a divisive issue within the state. A total of 3,003 Hoosier men were drafted in October 1862, Indianas volunteers and draftees provided the Union army with 129 infantry regiments,13 cavalry regiments,3 cavalry companies,1 regiment of heavy artillery, and 26 light artillery batteries

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OCLC
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The Online Computer Library Center is a US-based nonprofit cooperative organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the worlds information and reducing information costs. It was founded in 1967 as the Ohio College Library Center, OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the largest online public access catalog in the world. OCLC is funded mainly by the fees that libraries have to pay for its services, the group first met on July 5,1967 on the campus of the Ohio State University to sign the articles of incorporation for the nonprofit organization. The group hired Frederick G. Kilgour, a former Yale University medical school librarian, Kilgour wished to merge the latest information storage and retrieval system of the time, the computer, with the oldest, the library. The goal of network and database was to bring libraries together to cooperatively keep track of the worlds information in order to best serve researchers and scholars. The first library to do online cataloging through OCLC was the Alden Library at Ohio University on August 26,1971 and this was the first occurrence of online cataloging by any library worldwide. Membership in OCLC is based on use of services and contribution of data, between 1967 and 1977, OCLC membership was limited to institutions in Ohio, but in 1978, a new governance structure was established that allowed institutions from other states to join. In 2002, the structure was again modified to accommodate participation from outside the United States. As OCLC expanded services in the United States outside of Ohio, it relied on establishing strategic partnerships with networks, organizations that provided training, support, by 2008, there were 15 independent United States regional service providers. OCLC networks played a key role in OCLC governance, with networks electing delegates to serve on OCLC Members Council, in early 2009, OCLC negotiated new contracts with the former networks and opened a centralized support center. OCLC provides bibliographic, abstract and full-text information to anyone, OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat—the OCLC Online Union Catalog, the largest online public access catalog in the world. WorldCat has holding records from public and private libraries worldwide. org, in October 2005, the OCLC technical staff began a wiki project, WikiD, allowing readers to add commentary and structured-field information associated with any WorldCat record. The Online Computer Library Center acquired the trademark and copyrights associated with the Dewey Decimal Classification System when it bought Forest Press in 1988, a browser for books with their Dewey Decimal Classifications was available until July 2013, it was replaced by the Classify Service. S. The reference management service QuestionPoint provides libraries with tools to communicate with users and this around-the-clock reference service is provided by a cooperative of participating global libraries. OCLC has produced cards for members since 1971 with its shared online catalog. OCLC commercially sells software, e. g. CONTENTdm for managing digital collections, OCLC has been conducting research for the library community for more than 30 years. In accordance with its mission, OCLC makes its research outcomes known through various publications and these publications, including journal articles, reports, newsletters, and presentations, are available through the organizations website. The most recent publications are displayed first, and all archived resources, membership Reports – A number of significant reports on topics ranging from virtual reference in libraries to perceptions about library funding

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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker

The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) …

Private Edwin Francis Jemison, whose image became one of the most famous portraits of the young soldiers of the war.

A cartoon from the war, showing the Confederates forcibly drafting a Unionist man into the Confederate army. The Unionist man objects, with the Confederates threatening to lynch him if he does not comply.

An 1861 Confederate recruiting poster from Virginia, urging men to join the Confederate cause and fight off the U.S. Army, which it refers to as a "brutal and desperate foe".